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Greyhound racing just turned 100, and says its dogs are fine. But are they?
This year, greyhound racing in Britain turns 100 years old. The first race took place on July 24, 1926, in Manchester, where six dogs chased
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High-resolution weather data could pinpoint neighborhoods facing greatest heat stress
Heat stress is a leading cause of weather-related deaths and can be especially dangerous in cities, where phenomena like urban heat islands
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New species of 240-million-year-old prehistoric animal could reshape dinosaur origins timeline
A new prehistoric animal species from Tanzania dating to around 240 million years ago, during the Triassic period, has been described by an
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Plasma and electricity convert CO₂ into methanol, butane and other useful chemicals
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) can be harmful to the environment in large amounts but can be used in the production of fuels and other useful chemical
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Weather forecasts are significantly less accurate in poorer countries, analysis finds
Weather forecasts inform countless everyday decisions—from farmers deciding when to sow crops and energy companies anticipating demand to pu
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Young, eco-anxious Canadians are the most likely to support disruptive tactics by environmental activists, study finds
The tolerance of individual Canadians for radical forms of environmental activism depends on several factors. Overall, however, Canadians do
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History is being rewritten at an archaeological site in Morocco. What the discovery of an ancient wall tells us
In the hills of northwestern Morocco, overlooking the river that gives the site its name, research at Oued Beht is bringing to light a previ
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Tracking the path of new world screwworm
New cases of New World screwworm have recently surfaced in the United States, highlighting the critical need to track its paths to determine
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Plans to artificially dim the sun have divided scientists—here's what they're actually arguing about
No, President Joe Biden did not engineer Hurricane Milton. No, the ice crystal contrails left behind by high-altitude aircraft are not "chem
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What are best options for controlling GSL dust, and what would they cost?
A new collaborative report from University of Utah researchers and coordinated by the Wilkes Center for Climate Science & Policy provides Ut
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Webb reveals dynamic panorama of star formation, including smallest known brown dwarfs
This starry view of the nearby star-forming region IC 348 is one of the largest images released to date from NASA's James Webb Space Telesco
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Disordered atoms steer shared light pulses by matching motion and timing
A research team at the Institute of Applied Physics at TU Darmstadt has shown for the first time that atoms that are completely disordered a
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Skipping showers is the latest trend. But is there any science to 'pheromone' maxxing?
Across parts of the internet where young men trade tips on self-improvement, the latest project is scent. Deodorant is out, and washing less
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Why most rivers don't respond to storms the same way twice
The same amount of rain falling on the same landscape at different times can send very different amounts of water into its rivers, according
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How a pathogen turns flowers into leaves
Scientists have found how a protein produced by bacteria disrupts the mechanism that controls flower development in plants, turning reproduc
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Smart nanoparticles deliver antibiotics directly to H. pylori
Helicobacter pylori bacteria infect around half the global population and are a leading cause of stomach ulcers and gastric cancer. While an
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Adaptive crystal can selectively capture CO₂ and recognize similar molecules
Chemical separation can be energy-intensive when molecules have similar sizes and properties. Researchers from Shibaura Institute of Technol
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Magnets could help quantum computers talk to each other, says researcher
Xufeng Zhang is using magnets to make computers more power efficient at the quantum level. The Northeastern professor of electrical and comp
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Home advantage or pastures new? High-Arctic shorebirds rarely return to the same breeding area
Shorebirds are capable of some of the longest migrations on Earth, yet most return year after year to the same area to breed. Coming back ha
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Great Salt Lake's ancient past reveals how quickly fresh water can disappear
From a mountainside overlooking Utah's Great Salt Lake, a time traveler turning back the clock 20,000 years would watch a dramatic transform
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New peanut genome map uncovers hidden gene, boosts dense-planting yields 20%
An international team that includes researchers from Murdoch University's Centre for Crop and Food Innovation (CCFI) has built the most comp
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Not all roads lead to Rome: Research challenges what we think we know about Roman roads
A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Aarhus University in Denmark, Queen Mary University of London and other European institutions a
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Drought-flood alternation under climate change
Climate change is increasing the frequency of both droughts and floods, meaning back-to-back extreme events are also on the rise. These rapi
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Mitotic chromosomes may assemble from pre-existing chromatin 'building blocks' during cell division
Inside each human cell, about 2 meters (6.6 feet) of genomic DNA must be accurately copied and equally transmitted to two daughter cells dur
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